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USG Corp (USG): Today's Featured Industrial Goods Winner

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USG (
USG) pushed the Industrial Goods sector higher today making it today's featured industrial goods winner. The sector as a whole closed the day up 0.4%. By the end of trading, USG rose $1.94 (8.5%) to $24.67 on heavy volume. Throughout the day, 8.3 million shares of USG exchanged hands as compared to its average daily volume of 2.9 million shares. The stock ranged in a price between $21.30-$24.85 after having opened the day at $21.35 as compared to the previous trading day's close of $22.73. Other companies within the Industrial Goods sector that increased today were:
A123 Systems (
AONE), up 36.4%,
Broadwind Energy (
BWEN), up 26.7%,
Dixie Group (
DXYN), up 17.4%, and
Integrated Electrical Services (
IESC), up 16.5%.

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USG Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the manufacture and distribution of building materials worldwide. USG has a market cap of $2.44 billion and is part of the materials & construction industry. Shares are up 123.7% year to date as of the close of trading on Wednesday. Currently there are five analysts that rate USG a buy, no analysts rate it a sell, and seven rate it a hold.

TheStreet Ratings rates USG as a
sell. The company's weaknesses can be seen in multiple areas, such as its disappointing return on equity, generally high debt management risk and poor profit margins.